961 private quotes tagged power

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty power is ever stealing from the many to the few.” — Wendell Phillips

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“Unless we do things in this country to slow down our population, slow down our birth control, provide better water for people, provide power for people, we're gonna find out that the next wars are not going to be fought over diamonds, gold and political things.” — Evel Knievel

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“Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.” — Oriana Fallaci

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“I'm not in power, but my ideas are in power. And my ideas will prevail.” — Ehud Olmert

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“The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.” — Origen

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“I foresee the Chinese ruling the world. What are you going to do to stop it? No president of the United States will ever have enough power to stop the Chinese when they want to take over the world.” — Evel Knievel

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“How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?” — Francois Rabelais

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“To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power.” — George MacDonald

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“The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.” — John Podhoretz

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“Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.” — Gloria Steinem

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“Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!” — Jane Siberry

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“Power without abuse loses its charm.” — Paul Valery

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“Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.” — Garrett Hardin

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“I think that if your approach is one where you don't want to alienate anybody, you're going to have to soften the viewpoint or the information that you're offering to such an extent that it doesn't have the power to make any difference. You have to take that risk.” — Eddie Vedder

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“The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.” — Daniel J. Boorstin

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“These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed.” — Ricky Martin

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“This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.” — Louise Slaughter

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“I'm appalled the word feminism has been denigrated to a place of almost ridicule and I very passionately believe the word needs to be revalued and reintroduced with power and understanding that this is a global picture.” — Annie Lennox

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“We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal of co-operation, to represent and promote the values of European civilisation in the world, advance our shared interests by using our collective power to open markets, and to build a strong economic base across the whole of Europe.” — David Cameron

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“You want a culture where citizens are free to express themselves and so live in the openness necessary to the functioning of a successful economy? Israel has a free press, much of it openly hostile to the parties in power.” — John Podhoretz

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“I think actors are getting so much more power these days, but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions, the way in which things are orchestrated, what's been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character.” — Nicole Kidman

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“Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.” — Pierre Corneille

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“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” — Milan Kundera

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“When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art.” — Jeanne Moreau

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“Your real self - the 'I am I' - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.” — Robert Collier

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